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SP 55-86 From:
2-22-55
CARLETON COLLEGE NEWS BUREAU
Northfield, Minnesota
Jane Koelges, News Director
i U~s
NORTHFIELD, MINNESOTA—
The Carleton College Chapter of the Society of the Sigma XI
announces a lecture by Dr. Arthur H. Compton on Friday, March ki at
7:30 p.m. In Severance Great Hall, on the subject of "Uncertainty as
a Principle in Modern Thought." The public is invited to the lecture.
Dr. Compton, distinguished service professor of Natural
Philosophy at Washington University, St* Louis, Missouri, is at St.
Olaf College as visiting professor on a Hill Foundation Grant,
Former Chancellor at Washington University, Professor
Compton is a physicist, havinr done his undergraduate work at
Wooster College, Wooster, Ohio. He has an M.A, from both Princeton
University, Princeton, New Jersey, and from Oxford University, and
received his Ph.D. at Princeton also* Recipient of several honorary
degrees, including the degree of L.L.D, from the University of Tampa
in Florida, Dr. Compton was formerly chairman of the Department of
Physics at the University of Chicago,
Author and co-author of numerous books and articles, Compton
has also been awarded several medals for scientific research.
The sponsoring organization, Sigma Xi, is an honorary
society organized in 1886 to recognize outstanding accomplishments in
scientific study. Carleton College was granted a chapter in 1935»
To be eligible for election, a student must show both marked excellence in his studies in two or more departments of science and also
a capacity for research in some field of science,
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SP 55-86 From:
2-22-55
CARLETON COLLEGE NEWS BUREAU
Northfield, Minnesota
Jane Koelges, News Director
i U~s
NORTHFIELD, MINNESOTA—
The Carleton College Chapter of the Society of the Sigma XI
announces a lecture by Dr. Arthur H. Compton on Friday, March ki at
7:30 p.m. In Severance Great Hall, on the subject of "Uncertainty as
a Principle in Modern Thought." The public is invited to the lecture.
Dr. Compton, distinguished service professor of Natural
Philosophy at Washington University, St* Louis, Missouri, is at St.
Olaf College as visiting professor on a Hill Foundation Grant,
Former Chancellor at Washington University, Professor
Compton is a physicist, havinr done his undergraduate work at
Wooster College, Wooster, Ohio. He has an M.A, from both Princeton
University, Princeton, New Jersey, and from Oxford University, and
received his Ph.D. at Princeton also* Recipient of several honorary
degrees, including the degree of L.L.D, from the University of Tampa
in Florida, Dr. Compton was formerly chairman of the Department of
Physics at the University of Chicago,
Author and co-author of numerous books and articles, Compton
has also been awarded several medals for scientific research.
The sponsoring organization, Sigma Xi, is an honorary
society organized in 1886 to recognize outstanding accomplishments in
scientific study. Carleton College was granted a chapter in 1935»
To be eligible for election, a student must show both marked excellence in his studies in two or more departments of science and also
a capacity for research in some field of science,
XXX